B60K 6/387
Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical
Official title: Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means
B60K6/387 (Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical) appears on 2,434 US grants and 2,760 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 2,760
- Assignees
- 394
- Inventors
- 3,906
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 73 | 67 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybrid electric vehicle510US 5,343,970 A1994
- Hybrid car with electric and heat engine279US 4,351,405 AHybricon Corporation · 1982
- Two-mode, compound-split electro-mechanical vehicular transmission260US 5,931,757 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1999
- Control apparatus for engine/electric hybrid vehicle250US 4,335,429 ADaihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. · 1982
- Hybrid vehicle drive system having clutch between engine and synthesizing/distributing mechanism which is operatively connected to motor/generator235US 5,856,709 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999